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Spinners blank Nashua in exhibition contest

The Lowell Sun

Updated:
06/15/2013 06:33:33 AM EDT

LOWELL -- The game won't count come Monday, but the Lowell Spinners dusted off the cobwebs, shook-off the rust and topped the Nashua Silver Knights of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League by a score of 6-0 in eight innings on Friday night at LeLacheur Park.

The game was the second annual matchup between the two teams, both operated by the Spinners ownership.

After a 1-2-3 top of the first inning from Simon Mercedes, the Spinners got on the board in the bottom half of the inning. With one out, 18-year-old top prospect Manuel Margot struck a gapper to left-center and turned on the jets, stretching it to a triple. When the throw got past Nashua's Bryan Toland, Margot raced home to give the Spinners an early 1-0 lead.

Lowell would extend the lead in the second inning when 11th-round draft pick Carlos Asuaje walked to lead off the inning. He advanced to second on a fielding error and third on wild pitch before scoring on an RBI-groundout by Cleuluis Rondon.

The Spinners added another run in the third inning when Margot led off the inning with a walk. After stealing second, he came around to score on an RBI-single to center by Kendrick Perkins.

While Nashua was held at bay, the Spinners tacked on three more runs in the sixth, highlighted by a two-run double by Miguel Rodriguez, extending the lead to 6-0.

Offensively, the Spinners had seven hits.

Mercedes went the first 32/3 innings, allowing just one hit while striking out five.

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He was followed by Major League veteran Matt Maloney who went 11/3 innings, allowing two hits and striking out four. Matt Spalding, Dylan Chavez and Jack McGeary each pitched a scoreless inning

The Spinners travel to Norwich, Conn., for a two-game series with the Connecticut Tigers to start the season on Monday.

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